Dilani commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
One of my most favourite books and it's definitely a harrowing read: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry.
View ArticleKinuk commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
I can't bring myself to read We Need To Talk About Kevin. I just can't. I was going to do it last year and then I got pregnant and now with A, I'm definitely in no mood to read about a son that goes...
View ArticleJoy commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
There's a few I never heard of...thanks for sharing your list!
View ArticleJohn Self commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
Richard Yates tends to be pretty devastating, and if you haven't worked your way through McGahern's output yet then Amongst Women will have a similar effect...
View Articlekimbofo commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
Dilani, that book is on my wish list, I have only heard good things about it.Kinuk, I'm sure you'd find it fascinating. Essentially this woman doesn't really "bond" with her child and makes no effort...
View ArticleLiterary Feline commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
I like the term "harrowing reads". More often than not it is the harrowing books that end up being my most favorites. Not always, but usually.
View Articlejess commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
I just finished We Need to Talk About Kevin and harrowing is a great word to describe the experience.I found Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier incredibly harrowing in a different way. It is a beautiful...
View ArticleMelody commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
You know I agree with you about the Mary Bell book. Really opens your mind and makes you 'understand' a little better... I remember you loving 'The Butcher Boy'. I need to read some of these books...
View ArticleLianne commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
I seem to have read quite a few harrowing books this year! Stasiland, Stuart: A Life Backwards and Elie Wiesel's Night were all harrowing in different ways. The latter was definitely the most chilling...
View ArticleNonanon commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
Great list, and yes, I like the term "harrowing" as well. There's at least two nonfiction books I can think of right off the bat: "A Rip in Heaven," by Jeanine Cummins, about the murders of her cousins...
View Articlekimbofo commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
Nonan, oh yes, I read Shot in the Heart many years ago. This was because The Executioner's Song, about Gary Gilmore (Mikal's brother), was one of the most amazing non-fiction books I'd ever read.
View ArticleTony S. commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
Probably my most harrowing read was "The Fortunes of Richard Mahony" by Henry Handel Richardson, a woman writing under a male pseudonym, sorta like George Eliot. This book was written in 1929. It is...
View ArticleNovel Insights commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
I've only read We Need to Talk about Kevin. It was one of my many joyful picks for a bookgroup (they all hate me) and I thought it was excellent - very original perspective.
View ArticleEli commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
OMG, The Endless Steppe is amazing! I read it when I was about 10 or 11. It was a random book that I chose from my school library and I was completely blown away by how good it was. This is the first...
View ArticleLynn Darvell commented on 'Top 10s: Harrowing reads'
I believe you should include The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. This is The Butcher Boy's dark twin. Vale Iain.
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